....and still kicking a year later :P Our Sunday meetups have picked up quite a bit of steam. Hope to see you there - be sure to register at: www.seattlechessmeetup.org and also you can find a Seattle Chess Meetup group on chess.com

Still kicking!

I realize I have not posted to the blog in quite a while. That is because we are primarily active on our main website:

www.seattlechessmeetup.org

But the meetups have been continuing and we have a lot of new faces. If you are a Seattle area chess player looking for casual over the board play, we would love to see you. Go ahead and register at the meetup site.

Several new faces

Wanted to welcome our newer members and also point out that despite the lack of recent posts to the blog, the Seattle Chess Meetup is still alive and kicking. Currently meetups are scheduled for Mondays and Tuesdays. If you live in the Seattle area and are looking for casual chess games, visit our main meetup site:

http://www.meetup.com/chess-315/

Thursday Meetup 12/16

Fun games on Thursday. We had one new player, and more blitz games than we have previously.

Below is another game with Josh. So far I have posted a win for Josh and a draw from previous meetups, so this one is a win for me. Lots of missed opportunities in this one too. Only saving grace for me in this one was that Josh hung his queen ;-)

Play chess online

Monday Meetup, December 13, 2010

Once again, several interesting games. I decided to post this draw with Josh. Several missed chances in this one.  Move 45 is entertaining as I bungle a chance for a win.  Commentary is by Fritz 12, which has something of an attitude if you ask me ;-)

Play online chess

King's Indian Attack

Jrobichess on youtube offers some excellent chess instruction videos.  Here is one on the King's Indian Attack.  You can follow his videos here.

Regular meeting times

Just as a reminder for those that may see this but not have yet seen our main meetup site...

We are meeting on Mondays at the Stumbling Monk pub in Capitol Hill.

1635 Olive Way (Olive and Belmont)

Start time approximately 6:00.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/stumbling-monk-seattle

We meet on Thursdays at Uptown Espresso on 4th and Wall in Belltown.  Start time 5:30 (ish).

See the main site for info on who has signed up, and to get a better understanding of when people may be coming for a specific meetup.